Tisdale gets restraining order against fan

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Actress Ashley Tisdale has been granted a temporary restraining order against an overzealous male fan amid fears the devotee will gun her down. The High School Musical star claims Nicholas Fiore has been harassing her since last year and has bombarded her with more than 18,000 messages via Twitter.com. She recently turned to Los Angeles police to investigate the matter, and she decided to file ...

Orlando Philharmonic to buy Plaza Live Theatre

Orlando Sentinel - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Orlando Philharmonic will announce today that it is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where the orchestra will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows. "As we move into our third decade, The Plaza provides a unique opportunity for us to have our own ...

New Opera for Android looks like Opera tastes like Chrome

Ars Technica - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

introduced those changes to the "stable" version of its mobile browser. The new Opera comes with big changes both to its user interface and its engine. We'll start with the engine: this is the first version of Opera for Android to swap Opera's old rendering engine for one based in Chromium 26, the current stable version. In case you didn't know, Chromium is the ...

Television actor Laurence Haddon dead at 90

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Television actor Laurence Haddon has died from complications of dementia in Santa Monica, Calif., his family said Tuesday. He was 90. TVGuide.com said Haddon began his career as a stage and live television actor in the late 1950s after he served as a Merchant Marine in WWII. In addition to playing Ed, one of American TV's first gay characters, on ...

Xbox One Enters Changed Gaming Landscape

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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Merry Wives of Windsor leads the way in Vancouver’s Jessie theatre award nominations

The Globe and Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

- set in Windsor, Ont., - leads the nominations in the large-production category for the 31st annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in Vancouver, with seven. The audience-pleasing country-and-western take on Shakespeare is up for outstanding production, direction (Johnna Wright), lead actor (Ashley Wright), supporting actor (David Marr), set design (Pam Johnson), costume design (Drew Facey) as ...

Choirs and Black Violin for youth arts festival

ABC Australia - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Adelaide 5000 Rain has forced a last-minute change for an opening performance of the Come Out youth arts festival in Adelaide.A choir of 1,800 students was to perform on the Festival Centre plaza but will be split in two to perform inside Adelaide Railway Station and at the Town Hall.Festival creative producer Michael Hill said those heading to the Town Hall would get an audience they had not ...

Alice Eve underwear scene gratuitous

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

LOS ANGELES - "Star Trek Into Darkness" co-writer Damon Lindelof has kind of, sort of apologized for anyone offended by the gratuitous display of Alice Eve’s nearly-naked body in movie theaters (and the movie’s marketing) around the world. "I copped to the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in our representation of a barely clothed ...

Energy chief vows to review exports before acting on LNG applications

Tribune Review - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said on Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what effect the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and ...

Infinity Theatre making connections between Annapolis and Broadway

Baltimore Sun - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Jenny Lee Stern stars as Patsy Cline in the Infinity Theatre Companys production of "Always Patsy Cline," opening June 8 in ...

New Xbox faces wider range of competition

Star Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Microsoft sees the Xbox One as an all-in-one gaming and entertainment system. It’s set to go on sale in time for the holidays Microsoft ...

Luke Skywalkers pants up for auction

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The pants worn by actor Mark Hamill in the first Oscar-winning "Star Wars" film are being sold at auction and could go for up to $100,000, auctioneers announced Monday. The young Jedi Knight wore the sand-colored regular Levi's pants throughout the 1977 movie, which launched the world-beating franchise by director George Lucas. The pants will be put up for auction on Tuesday, ...

Drake MTrench nab most MMVA nods

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Marianas Trench, Drake and Classified have nabbed the most nominations at this year's MuchMusic Video Awards. Canadian pop rockers Trench earned six, Drake five and Classified four, it was announced Tuesday. Trench's video for Desperate Measures is up for video and pop video of the year. Both Drake and Classified are also nominated for video of the year, Drake for Started From The ...

McCarthy fires extra for abusing child

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

LOS ANGELES - Melissa McCarthy allegedly booted a female extra from the set of her directorial debut "Tammy" on Monday after catching the woman mistreating, and possibly even abusing, her child. TMZ reports the unidentified woman reported to work on the Wilmington, N.C., set with a 4 to 5 year-old child in tow and struggled to control the child’s behavior. McCarthy’s reps ...

Movie Review Plimpton Directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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Movie Review 3 Geezers Directed by Michelle Schumacher

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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Movie Review Doin It in the Park a Film About Pick-Up Basketball

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A labor of hoophead love by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, ...

Phoenix Arts Group spreads wings globally

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Chen Weihong never became a painter like he wanted to, but at the age of 40 he has managed to build an art materials empire on his own. The Phoenix Arts Group, in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, is the world's second-largest art materials supplier in terms of production capacity, after the United Kingdom-based Winsor & Newton. "We plan to open our second overseas ...

Former RCMP Musical Ride member sues says colleagues dragged her through feces

Calgary Herald - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

RCMP Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell is shown in a handout photo from the law firm who is representing her.A Mountie who was once part of the famed Musical Ride is suing the national police force, alleging she was sexually assaulted, harassed, repeatedly doused in cold water and dragged through horse feces by colleagues. THE CANADIAN ...

Theatre review Compelling story of recovery discovery

Edmonton Journal - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

REVIEWAn AccidentTheatre: Northern LightDirected by: Trevor SchmidtStarring: Melissa Thingelstad, Michael PengWhere: PCL Studio Theatre, ATB Financial Arts BarnsRunning: Through Saturday, May 25Tickets: ...

Chief Keef arrested Report

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Rapper Chief Keef has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, according to U.S. reports. The 17-year-old hip-hop sensation, real name Keith Cozart, was detained in DeKalb County on Monday and charged with disorderly conduct, reports TMZ.com. Details surrounding his arrest were unavailable as WENN went to press, but the star posted a short rant on his Twitter.com page on Tuesday after leaving jail. ...

Marion Cotillard stalker sentenced

Jam! Showbiz - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Marion Cotillard poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Blood Ties" during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 20, 2013. (REUTERS/Jean-Paul ...